Mozambique Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project

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The development objective of the Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project for Mozambique is to increase the effective management of the conservation areas and enhance the living conditions of communities in and around the conservation areas. The project comprises of five components. The first component, strengthening institutions for conservation area management will improve the capacity of national administration of conservation areas or administracao nacional de areas de conservacao (ANAC), foundation for the conservation of biodiversity or fundacao para a conservacao da biodiversidade (BIOFUND), and ministry for coordination of environmental affairs or ministerio para coordenacao da accao ambiental (MICOA) to develop and influence conservation and tourism policies and regulations, strengthen coordination and management of the conservation areas system and critically endangered species conservation, increase the financial sustainability of conservation areas and tourism revenues, improve monitoring and evaluation systems, and support communication strategies. The second component, promotion of tourism in conservation areas will support ANAC and selected public-private institutions to address several barriers to nature-based tourism development, to better manage sports hunting administration, and improve revenues generation in the Republic of Mozambique. The third component, improving conservation areas management will strengthen the management of key conservation areas, and carrying out wildlife surveys and monitoring. The fourth component, piloting support to sustainable livelihoods of communities within and around conservation areas will improve and strengthen natural resource-based livelihoods of communities living in and surrounding the conservation areas. The fifth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation will support management and coordination of the project and building its procurement, financial and safeguards management, monitoring and evaluation capacity through the provision of technical advisory services, carrying out of training, the acquisition of goods, and the payment of operating costs.